Out for a walk

We have been taking some walks lately around here. I have just loved it. I have even subsituted some of my morning workouts at the YMCA for a good old fashioned power walk with two dogs on a leash. It seems to be even more effective at rejuvenating my spirit as well as my body. Even when the tired old bones seem to take some talking to to get moving. It has been a long spring around here with cooler than usual temperatures. I found myself complaining a few days back that I was ready, ready, READY for it to be warm and no more chilly. Then I pondered for a minute what I was doing. Was I really in a fired-up hurry for things to change from what they were? I remembered a few years back when our summer came earlier than expected and much HOTTER than expected. I complained then too. I decided then to savor the moment. To savor the beautiful greenery, the breeze that has been blowing near constant through the trees and really get outside and soak up the fact that it was warm enough to be outside without roasting me out already ;-) And then, of course, I began to think about the other things in my life. How it seems I am always ready for the next thing, the next experience, the next life changing moment. Seems that I forget (a lot) that the moment I am in deserves its' own glory and moment of delight for me to rest in. Heavenly Father surely is laying the groundwork in my life one moment at a time and I don't want to waste those moments by spending my time wishing for it to be something else. I love each one of these spirits that walked with me that day. (yes, even when I had to tell the littlest boy to get out of the middle of the road a half dozen times and interrupt two little fighting sisters a million times and stop my dog from being the scary :) protector that she is) My sister was even still here visiting and she came along. I truly savored the moment!!